Chapter 313: Chance Encounter
"Thank you, old ape, you can rest assured that once the big competition is over, I will definitely accompany you home as soon as possible!"
Looking at the figure that was quite chic, and had already turned into a remnant at this time, Duan Chen was moved with a hint of emotion, and his figure flashed and chased after him at full speed.
Not long after they left the Beast Domain, they were advancing at full speed in the direction of the Yunmeng Sect, when suddenly on a secluded mountain village road, about hundreds of people greeted them from a distance with tired faces.
Although these people were old and young, and they were of different ages, they all had one thing in common, that is, they were in tattered clothes and their faces were haggard.
"Daddy, I, I'm hungry, I want to go home, I want to go to Mom!"
In the crowd, a little boy who looked to be no more than four or five years old, with a muddy face, said to his father beside him with tears on his face.
"Good son, give you dry food first, and after a while, Daddy will take you home!"
The calloused palm stroked the child's head, and the man sent the child a piece of dry food that had been dried for an unknown amount of time.
Although the dry food had already become hard and unpalatable because it had been left for too long, the hungry child still stuffed it into his mouth as if he had been given a delicious piece of food.
However, when the child had just eaten a third of the dry food in his hand, the latter suddenly stopped, and then sent the dry food back to his father on the side.
"Child, you eat, Daddy is not hungry, Daddy has already eaten!"
Looking at the child who gestured with his hands to hurry up and eat, the man stuffed the piece of dry food, which was only the size of a palm, into the child's hand again, although he hadn't eaten a bite for two or three days.
"No, you lie, you don't eat at all, you eat, you eat half of it, and we keep the remaining half for my mother!" Waving his little hand stubbornly, the little boy shoved the dry food into the man's mouth after breaking it from the middle.
"Well, Daddy is really not hungry, you can keep it until you are hungry before eating!" Tightly shutting his mouth, the man wanted to avoid the dry food sent by the child.
"No, if you don't eat, I won't eat in the future, eat, eat, I'll save the other half first, and I'll see my mother for her to eat in a few days!"
No matter how insistent the man was, the little boy still resolutely shoved half of the dry food in his hand into the latter's mouth. And when he talked about his mother, his little face was filled with a hint of happiness.
"Okay, good boy, I'll eat, I'll eat!"
With a hint of choking in his voice, the man finally stopped insisting and pursed his lips and ate the dry food in small bites. Looking at his father, who was slowly eating the dry food in his mouth, the little man couldn't help but laugh happily.
It's just that he was too young to notice that a tear slipped from the corner of his eye the moment his father ate the dry food.
Because just a few days ago, a group of heinous robbers suddenly came to their village, and as soon as they came to the village, they began to loot and kill.
At that time, the child's mother and the others had all evacuated the village, but because the child was crying for one of her favorite toys, she turned and ran back to her house.
But what everyone didn't expect was that with her return, she was directly slashed by a bandit and never came back.
Looking at his wife who died tragically under the bandits' knife, the man was about to cry out and fight those bandits. But before he could rush out, he was forcibly stopped by several companions from the same village.
Although all of them, like the men, were full of hatred for the bandits who killed their loved ones and destroyed their homes, they knew better that they had no choice but to flee when faced with these demons who had always killed people without blinking.
Because they're all too weak, too weak!
"Duan Feng, you wait here, I'll go down for a while, and I'll be back soon!"
His gaze swept around all the people, looking at these people who were embarrassed by the bandits' entry into the village, Duan Chen said to the Blood Pupil Demon Ape on his side, and then jumped out from behind the mound.
With his appearance, the man who had just swallowed half a piece of dry food in his stomach at the child's insistence couldn't help but pull his son behind him with a look full of horror.
Not only him, but almost everyone showed a face full of horror the moment Duan Chen appeared.
"Don't be afraid, I'm just a passerby, I just want to know what's going on with you guys, and see if I can help you!"
Seeing that everyone regarded themselves as bandits, Duan Chen hurriedly explained with a hint of a smile.
"Alas, I surprised us, little brother, thank you for your kindness, but I'm afraid the problem we have encountered is not something you can solve, so please leave quickly. ”
"Yes, and you must remember that you must not go in the direction we came from again, because those bandits may be chasing this side now, but I hope that after they catch up with us, they will be merciful and spare these old and young children!"
His eyes swept back and forth from Duan Chen's body a few times, and after confirming that the latter was only one person, several people who took the lead couldn't help but say one after another.
And in the middle of the words, they turned back frequently, looking at the road from time to time, obviously they were very worried that the bandits would chase and kill.
"Several, you don't have to worry too much, as long as I am here, even if those bandits chase them, it is impossible to hurt any of you, and can you tell me more about the strength of those bandits?"
Looking at the panicked crowd, Duan Chen's expression was unusually calm.
"What, little one, are you sure you're not joking?"
"That is, there are twenty or thirty of those bandits, and their leader is said to have reached the strength of the middle stage of the Jindan Realm, you, don't talk big here!"
Hearing that Duan Chen was actually planning to rely on himself to stop those bandits who killed people without blinking, several people in front of him couldn't help but say with disdain on their faces.
"Shut up, are you doubting my brother's words?"
However, just as a few people were pointing, suddenly with a thunderous roar, the burly body of the Blood Pupil Demon Ape, which was three meters away, suddenly appeared in front of them.
Under his oppression, the people couldn't help but retreat with a look of horror on their faces.
"This, this little brother, we are not laughing at your brother, it's just, it's just that those bandits are really too powerful, so, so you better leave with us quickly!"
"Yes, this little brother, you, don't be like us, we don't have any malicious intentions!" Facing the burly and majestic face of the Blood Pupil Demon Ape, especially with a fierce face at this time, several people hurriedly explained.